AI and Law: An Opportunity to Improve Legal PracticeBy Damien RiehlMarch 2024Recent exponential leaps in advanced large language models have presented both opportunities and challenges that have the capacity to reshape the legal landscape.
The DOL Issues Its Final Independent Contractor RuleBy Ellen M. Hemminger & Peter WalrodMarch 2024The Department of Labor sets new multi-factor test for determining whether worker is employee or independent contractor under Fair Labor Standards Act.
HHS’s CARES Act Final Rule Better Aligns Part 2 Substance Use Disorder Patient Records Confidentiality Regulations With HIPAABy Jennifer S. Geetter, Daniel F. Gottlieb, Alya Sulaiman, Li Wang, Edward G. Zacharias, & Kyle E. HafkeyApril 2024On February 8, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration jointly issued a final rule to amend the Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records regulations under 42 C.F.R. Part 2.
A Q&A and More Delay: IRS Begins to Issue Clarifying Guidance on SECURE 2.0 ProvisionsBy Jeffrey M. Holdvogt, Lisa K. Loesel, & Teal N. TrujilloApril 2024In late December 2023, the Internal Revenue Service issued Notice 2024-2, providing guidance on key provisions of the SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022, which includes more than 90 provisions affecting U.S. retirement plans, many of which are specifically aimed at enhancing savings opportunities for workers.
Seventh Circuit Affirms Prior Decision Regarding Gender-Affirming Bathroom UseBy Jessica GalanosJanuary 2024In August 2023, the seventh circuit issued its decision in A.C. by M.C. v. Metropolitan School District of Martinsville, affirming the decisions of two lower courts to preliminarily enjoin two Indiana school districts from enforcing their bathroom policies.
